Biography

Fei counsels individuals and families on sophisticated estate planning and wealth preservation often involving multi‑jurisdictional considerations.

Her practice focuses on U.S. clients, including business owners, entrepreneurs and multi‑generational families, many of whom have assets, family members or planning concerns spanning multiple U.S. states and international jurisdictions.

Fei is a trusted adviser to clients navigating planning decisions involving significant wealth and long‑term legacy planning. Clients rely on her for sound judgment, technical precision, and practical solutions where careful structuring and coordination are critical.

She works closely with clients to design and implement comprehensive estate plans aligned with their broader financial, tax and family objectives, including:

  • Sophisticated revocable and irrevocable trust structures
  • Wealth transfer and gifting strategies
  • Multi-state estate planning matters, particularly involving Washington and California
  • Cross border and international estate planning

Drawing on her experience living and working abroad in China, Fei also advises internationally mobile clients and U.S. families with foreign assets or beneficiaries, bringing practical perspective to estate planning where international considerations arise.

Fei is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the State Bar of California, the only practitioner with this designation in Seattle and one of only three practitioners statewide in Washington.

Originally from California, Fei is now based in Seattle, where she is a mom to a toddler and a Maine Coon cat.

Fei counsels individuals and families on sophisticated estate planning and wealth preservation often involving multi‑jurisdictional considerations.

Her practice focuses on U.S. clients, including business owners, entrepreneurs and multi‑generational families, many of whom have assets, family members or planning concerns spanning multiple U.S. states and international jurisdictions.

Fei is a trusted adviser to clients navigating planning decisions involving significant wealth and long‑term legacy planning. Clients rely on her for sound judgment, technical precision, and practical solutions where careful structuring and coordination are critical.

She works closely with clients to design and implement comprehensive estate plans aligned with their broader financial, tax and family objectives, including:

  • Sophisticated revocable and irrevocable trust structures
  • Wealth transfer and gifting strategies
  • Multi-state estate planning matters, particularly involving Washington and California
  • Cross border and international estate planning

Drawing on her experience living and working abroad in China, Fei also advises internationally mobile clients and U.S. families with foreign assets or beneficiaries, bringing practical perspective to estate planning where international considerations arise.

Fei is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the State Bar of California, the only practitioner with this designation in Seattle and one of only three practitioners statewide in Washington.

Originally from California, Fei is now based in Seattle, where she is a mom to a toddler and a Maine Coon cat.

Beyond Fox Rothschild

Fei was selected to the 2025 Class of Fellows for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), which consists of more than 300 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive legal profession.

Fei has earned the prestigious TEP designation from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and serves as a board member of the Seattle branch of STEP, a globally recognized professional organization for private wealth advisors.

Fei was selected to participate in the Committee of 100 Pipeline Leadership Program in 2018, a prestigious national organization of prominent Chinese Americans engaged in civic leadership, public policy, arts, culture and philanthropy in the United States.

Before Fox Rothschild

Prior to joining Fox, Fei practiced at large national and international law firms in Washington and California, where she advised high-net‑worth individuals and families on complex estate planning and trust matters.

Fei earned her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, with a double major in Economics and Asian Studies. She received her law degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, where she served as a Supervising Editor of the Hastings International & Comparative Law Review.

Bar Admissions

  • Washington
  • California

Education

  • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (J.D., 2012)
  • University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 2007)

Memberships

  • Cal Alumni Association
  • Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) Seattle
  • Asian Bar Association of Washington
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Estate Planning Counsel of Seattle
  • Washington State Bar Association
    • Taxation Section
    • Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
  • California Lawyers Association
    • Trusts & Estates Section
  • Asia Society Seattle

Honors & Awards

  • Selected to the "Ones to Watch" list by Best Lawyers (2023-2025)
  • Selected to the "Super Lawyers - Rising Star" list in Washington (2020-2023)
  • Selected to the "Super Lawyers - Rising Star" list in California (2017-2019)